Road trip around Iceland

It started as a crazy idea

A Roadtrip around Iceland

nothing more than a weekend 

around 1000 miles in just three days and three nights

started looking out for places we wanted to see created a long list of them on google maps 

Somehow the idea still seemed unrealistic

other people took up to two weeks for the same trip

but we wanted to do something extreme

so we decided to just go for it and took the risk because we wanted to see as much as possible

of this incredible island with his harsh landscapes

we didn't book anything else than just a nice car

4x4 it had to be for all the gravel roads that awaited us there

So our journey began on the 8th of May, getting off the plane around 10pm

We got our car around 11:30 pm and that's where our road trip began

As far away as possible from the capital we wanted to get in this night

to find a nice place to rest in the car next to the street

Rangarping eystra was our first stop

around 3am on the 9th of May

but a crazy hailstorm made sleeping almost impossible

so we hit the road again reaching Skógafoss at 5am

a beautiful waterfall, icy winds inclusive

once again we continued our trip reaching Vík around 6am

visited a scenic church on a hill, walked down a beautiful black sanded beach

where a hailstorm hitted us again

so we went to another black sanded beach close

nice rock formations and high waves made our sunrise a great thing

we did a short hike at the Kirkjubaejarklaustur valley

reached the Jökulsárlón glacier around 1pm and took some nice photos on Diamond Beach

the landscape here changed every 10 miles, we saw some wild reindeer

finally reached our first gravel road at 6pm, ate a pizza and got a hotel for one night

because we needed some rest we got there right on time at 10:30pm, already half around the island on Myvatn lake

one day full of adventure and uncountable short stops on the way

10th of May, day two of our trip started with a nice breakfast, a stop at the lake, visiting a lava cave, a crater the geothermal area of Hverir

spend two hours at a natural bath relaxing in the hot thermal waters

on the road again at 4pm we reached another waterfall at Fosshóll

but quickly advancing into the north western part of the island, where we wanted to see some puffins

but the way was too long, gravel roads and fjords all the time, we decided to stop and sleep in the car next to a fjord at 2am

around 4am on the 11th of May we got back on the road, heading toward Kirkjufell mountain, quick coffee and on the road again

reached the great Geysir at 1pm, continued to the capital and got to Reykjavík at 3pm, walked through the city and enjoyed a beautiful blue sky before heading back to the airport, returned the car, completely tired, waited for the flight, finally we got back to Germany on the morning of the 12th of May

what a crazy trip it was, so many impressions, such beautiful memories, a second road trip to strengthen our friendship and exploring the wild

Iceland someday we will be back